Chapter 241 Strange Fragrance
"Fuck! Bro, you're a big buffalo? So fierce!"
People in the mountain village work all year round, but none of them have as much strength as Cheng Ming!
Cheng Ming directly lifted the tricycle with the firewood on it, which was a bit beyond the two people's understanding.
The old man who was trapped under the car also opened his eyes wide and was stunned for a long time.
Until Cheng Ming reminded him: "Old man, can you come out?"
The old man finally came to his senses and slowly moved out from under the car.
Because there was a paddy field underneath, there were gaps between the wood on the tricycle, and the old man's thigh was crushed, but he was not seriously injured. He just limped when he got up.
He finally climbed out, and Cheng Ming put the car down.
The old man looked at Cheng Ming and squeezed out an intervening voice: "Thank you."
For some reason, Cheng Ming always felt that this old man's attitude was a bit cold.
Normally, after being rescued, one should be excited and thank the other party, but apart from a simple thank you, the old man didn't say anything else.
He even turned around and went straight into the village.
Cheng Ming was stunned.
The young man next to him explained to Cheng Ming embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, brother, this is my third uncle. He has a bit of a strange personality and doesn't like outsiders. He should be going to the village to ask someone to help him lift the car."
"It's okay." Cheng Ming said.
"My name is Huang Kang, or you can call me Ergou. That was my third uncle just now. He is the village chief of our small village. I thank you on behalf of my third uncle." The young man said as he took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and gave it to Cheng Mingpai.
Cheng Ming declined, but Ergou didn't care and lit one for himself.
"By the way, brother, you are really strong. You lifted such a heavy car in one go. Are you a weightlifter?"
"no."
"Yeah, you don't look like that. Weightlifters are all short, but you don't."
"Yes."
"Your pants and shoes are dirty, why don't you go wash them in the well in my yard first?" Ergou said, and at the same time complained about his uncle, "Uncle is really something, you helped him a lot, but he doesn't care about you anymore, at least let someone wash your pants and shoes?"
"Okay, thanks."
Ergou took Cheng Ming into a yard on the side of the road. There was an older hand-cranked well in the yard. Ergou drew water and let Cheng Ming wash off the mud on his pants and shoes.
"Brother, there are few outsiders coming into our village. What are you doing here?" Ergou suddenly asked.
"My last name is Cheng, and I'm in the timber business." When you go out, you have to give yourself an identity, so Cheng Ming made up one at random.
"The timber business is good, this thing should be quite profitable, right?"
"good."
The two chatted for a while.
Cheng Ming saw that the time was right, so he asked, "Ergou, is there any osmanthus wood in your village? I'm looking for osmanthus wood."
"Osmanthus wood?" Ergou was a little surprised. "I thought the timber business you were talking about was the eucalyptus trees grown on the mountain, but it turns out it's not?"
"Some of both. Some of both."
"There are indeed two trees in Guimu Village, but there are only two. Boss Cheng, you should not be interested in them, right?"
Is there really osmanthus wood?
Cheng Ming was slightly surprised and said quickly, "No, no, it's not too little."
"Well, there are two osmanthus trees in the village right between my fourth uncle and seventh uncle's houses. Forget it, I'll take you to see them." Ergou said, "But those two osmanthus trees are quite old. I don't know if my fourth uncle and his family are willing to sell them. I can help you talk to them, but if they don't want to sell them, there's nothing I can do."
Cheng Ming thinks it is unlikely that the company is unwilling to sell.
I'm really reluctant to sell it for 500 yuan, but what if it's 5,000 or 50,000 yuan?
"Brother Ergou, then take me to have a look. Whether it's for sale or not is another matter."
"it is good."
Coming out of Ergou’s yard, the two walked towards the other side of the village.
Soon we arrived at the path between the two buildings, where there were two osmanthus trees about seven or eight meters tall.
"These are the two trees. What do you think, Boss Cheng?"
Cheng Ming approached the trees.
The two trees were indeed quite large, thicker than a person's waist, but the problem was that after getting closer, Cheng Ming did not smell any special smell on them. Their smell seemed to be no different from that of ordinary osmanthus wood.
"How is it, Boss Cheng? Are these two trees okay?" Ergou asked.
Cheng Ming shook his head: "That's not what I'm looking for."
"There's nothing we can do. There are only these two cassia trees in the village," said Ergou.
Cheng Ming was very confused.
It shouldn't be.
The system said that the strange fragrant osmanthus tree is in this village, how could it not be there?
Cheng Ming did not give up and asked, "Ergou, is there any such osmanthus tree at the foot of the mountain around the village? I want to take a look."
But Ergou shook his head firmly: "Apart from these two, there are no others."
Cheng Ming was stunned.
How could this be?
Is the system really wrong?
its not right.
A faint fragrance can still be smelled in the air. This fragrance does not seem to come from any kind of spice, nor does it sound like a flower scent, but a kind of woody scent.
Cheng Ming felt that this fragrance was most likely from the fragrant osmanthus wood!
He suddenly asked, "Ergou, there seems to be a strange fragrance everywhere in your village. What is this fragrance?"
"Fragrance? No." Ergou said in surprise.
No?
What the hell? Such a distinct fragrance, didn’t Ergou smell it?
"It's that strange fragrance, a bit like jasmine. Didn't you smell it?" Cheng Ming still didn't give up.
After hearing this, Ergou suddenly realized.
"You said this taste!"
Cheng Ming was surprised: "Yes! Where does this fragrance come from?"
"This kind of fragrance can be found in every household. It's the smell of the altar," said Ergou.
A shrine?
Cheng Ming didn't understand.
What the hell is this altar? Isn't it made of the wonderful fragrant osmanthus wood?
"What is the altar?" Cheng Ming asked without understanding.
"The altar is an altar for worshiping gods and ancestors. Every household in our village has one, and it is placed in the living room. I have one at home, too." Ergou said.
A flash of inspiration suddenly came to Cheng Ming's mind.
"Ergou, what is your altar made of?"
"It's the osmanthus tree." Ergou said in awe, "Boss Cheng, the osmanthus tree you are looking for could be this..."
Probably!
No matter how much I planned, I never expected that the strange fragrant cassia tree had already been cut down!
Now comes the problem.
This is the altar in someone's home! Who would be willing to sell him the altar for worshipping their ancestors?
Headache!
But it's not completely certain yet.
Cheng Ming asked shyly: "Brother Ergou, can I come to your house to take a look?"
"Of course! Boss Cheng, you helped my uncle. Logically, my uncle should treat you to a meal at his home, but my uncle is a man, so I'll treat you on his behalf!"
As they talked, they returned to Ergou's home on the edge of the village.
As soon as the door of the house was opened, a stronger and more wonderful fragrance wafted into my nose.
Cheng Ming was almost completely certain that it was the smell of the exotic cinnamon wood!
He looked around the living room.
There was a brown rectangular platform in the middle of the living room, with an incense burner on it.
The fragrance seems to be coming from here.
(End of this chapter)
